Amsterdam Icons 2012
The Historic Amsterdam League is pleased to offer Amsterdam Icons 2012, the inaugural edition of an annual calendar from HAL. Amsterdam Icons 2012 is a full color 12 month wall size (11″ x 17″) calendar featuring monthly illustrations originally appearing on postcards of Amsterdam from the the early 1900′s. The twelve historic images selected to appear on the 2012 HAL calendar are iconic in their representation of the City of Amsterdam, from churches and hospitals to mansions and mills, symbolizing important aspects of living and life in the city. Accompanying each month’s picture is a brief paragraph providing relevant information and historical facts; the front cover subject, the Sanford Mansion – 
Amsterdam City Hall – additionally has a full page of information and supplemental photos. Scattered throughout the monthly date listings, in addition to the usual holidays and observances, are important, entertaining, and often little known dates from local history – the first broadcast of WCSS, the last trolley from Schenectady, Issur Danielovich’s birthday, the victory of the Rugmakers over the New York Yankees.
Amsterdam Icons 2012 is available for purchase at the following locations, but hurry – only two each at:
- Old Peddler’s Wagon – 175 Church Street
- The Book Hound – 16 East Main Street
Copies may also be purchased directly from HAL by mailing your order and payment to the Historic Amsterdam League, PO Box 132, Amsterdam, N.Y. 12010. Calendars are $12.00 each – that’s just $1.00 a month for a year long historic tour of Amsterdam from the early 20th Century and enough trivia to win a friendly bet or two. Complementary local delivery (within the city of Amsterdam). If you are outside the area, just prefer to have it mailed, or would like to send Amsterdam Icons 2012 as a gift, first-class postage and handling is an additional $2.50 per calendar.
All proceeds from the sale of
Amsterdam Icons 2012
will be used to support local historic preservation efforts.